Voters to decide between appointing or electing City Clerk
San Carlos voters will decide Nov. 3 whether their city clerk should be appointed to the job by the city council instead of elected by the public ”” a move officials say will depoliticize an important job and help draw qualified candidates. City Clerk Christine Boland said she has hoped to see an initiative like Measure V on the ballot since about the time she started working in San Carlos 11 years ago. It’s “ridiculous” for a clerk to run a political campaign, she said, because the job is for someone with expertise on such topics as parliamentary procedure and records management.